“Wired”

Flaming? ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 149-171
Author(s):  
Alisha Lola Jones
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Gospel Music ◽  
Musical Performance ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Down Low ◽  
Bodily Experiences ◽  
Withholding Information

Chapter 5 investigates a case study of Tonéx, a queer preacher-musician who embodies a combination of the most popular archetypes of African-American men’s worship—the preacher and the vocalist head musician—while wielding multifarious rhetorics during his musical performance. Tonéx’s case contests the portrayal of same-gender-loving men as down low, secretive, deceptive, and always withholding information about who they are from their loved ones. Chapter 5 investigates the queer Pentecostal performative strategies behind the creative process of worshipping in Spirit and in truth, as Tonéx grounds his performances in bodily experiences recorded on the Unspoken album. By vocalizing unspoken bodily experiences for gospel music audiences, Tonéx guides his fans through an exploration of what it means to be wired: that is, the occurrence of the embedded, transferred, bestowed, gifted, ridiculed, and surveilled aspects of being a queer masculine survivor of sexual assault in Pentecostal Christian communities.

Between sexual assault and compassion: The experience of living with a spouse’s dementia-related hypersexuality—A narrative case-study

Dementia ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 147130122110320
Author(s):  
Dovrat Harel ◽  
Tova Band-Winterstein ◽  
Hadass Goldblatt
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Older Woman ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Narrative Case Study ◽  
As If

Background Hypersexuality is one of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. This symptom can lead to poor quality of life for the person who lives with dementia, as well as for his or her caregiver, who might be exposed to sexual assault. Aim This study aimed to highlight the experience of an older woman living and coping with a spouse who exhibits dementia-related hypersexuality. Method A narrative case-study of a single case was designed, composed of four semi-structured interviews conducted over a 10-month period. The data were analyzed through thematic, structural, and performance analysis. Findings Four phases were revealed, depicting the experience of being a partner and caregiver of a spouse with dementia-related hypersexuality: a) “I need help”: A distress call; b) “It depends how long I agree to go on with it”: Living with the ambiguous reality of dementia-related hypersexual behavior within an ongoing intimate relationship; c) “It’s as if I’m hugging someone who’s no longer alive”: The transition from the previous couplehood identity to a new couplehood identity; and d) “I am just taking care of him as if he is a child”: A compassionate couplehood identity construction. Conclusions Living with a partner with dementia-related hypersexuality is a distressing experience for the caregiver-spouse. Yet, positive memories from a long intimate relationship can lead to the creation of a compassionate identity, which supports the caregiving process, and creates a sense of acceptance and meaning making. This, in turn, enables a positive aging experience. These finding have some practical implications for supporting and intervening in such cases.

Impact of poor evidence management on DNA profiling in sexual assault and homicide: A case report

2021 ◽  
pp. 002581722096648
Author(s):  
Naresh Kumar ◽  
Pooja Puri ◽  
SK Shukla ◽  
Deepa Verma
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Dna Profiling ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Vaginal Swabs ◽  
Biological Evidence

Increasing numbers of female victims of violent sexual assaults are being murdered with the aim of concealing the identity of the perpetrator. Proper handling and analysis of evidence is very important in gaining a conviction in many criminal cases. After evidence is collected, due precautions must be taken to ensure that the integrity of the sample is maintained, and chances of contamination are minimised. This paper presents a case study where improper handling of biological evidence led to loss of evidentiary value, and the semen could not be located on the vaginal swabs and victim’s garments due to improper preservation of samples. However, the DNA from the nail of a decomposed finger helped identify the victim, and the suspect was apprehended based on the clues given by her family.

The Literary Ellington

2002 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Hayes Edwards
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
American History ◽  
African American History ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Music And Literature ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Duke Ellington ◽  
Compositional Technique ◽  
Formal Relationship

The literary plays an indispensable role in the creative process and compositional technique of the great jazz composer and orchestra leader Duke Ellington. It is well known that he based a number of his pieces on literary sources and that many of his larger works in particular rely on narrative written by Ellington and/or his collaborator Billy Strayhorn, whether it was programmatic, recitative, or lyric. In all his music, Ellington was concerned with ''telling tales'' in language, not only in sounds - or more precisely, in both: composing in ways that combined words and music. This imperative is evidenced in the pieces Ellington called ''parallels,'' a word he chose in particular to highlight the formal relationship between music and literature. In some, such as the ''Shakespearean Suite'' known as ''Such Sweet Thunder,'' he used various structural approaches and instrumental techniques to achieve portraiture through the interrelationship between the musical and the literary. In other pieces, such as ''My People'' and especially ''Black, Brown and Beige,'' Ellington attempted to integrate literary texts into his music in a manner that is not programmatic. The longer pieces demonstrate that for Ellington's aesthetic, the representation of African American history necessitated a mixed, multimedia form.

INOVASI PENGHASILAN PATUNG WAYANG KULIT KELANTAN BERASASKAN POKOK KENAF: SATU KAJIAN KES

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-85
Author(s):  
SHARULNIZAM RAMLI ◽  
MOHD ASWAWI ISA ◽  
Shaipuddin Muhammad ◽  
Md Ariff Ariffin
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Building Rapport ◽  
Wayang Kulit ◽  
Scientific Name

Kajian kes ini bertujuan bagi memperkenalkan suatu bahan berasaskan pokok tumbuhan yang belumpernah digunakan sebelum ini bagi menghasilkan patung wayang kulit Kelantan. Menerusi proses kreatifyang berlaku, kenaf atau nama saintifknya Hisbiscus Canabis telah digunakan dan seterusnya diprosesbermula daripada sejumlah debu pokok kenaf yang digaul dengan air sehinggalah kepada proses akhiriaitu menghasilkan patung wayang kulit Kelantan. Ia merupakan patung wayang kulit yang berasaskanpokok kenaf yang pertama di Malaysia. Pemerhatian dan temubual tidak berstruktur merupakan antarainstrumen utama dalam kajian ini selain daripada pengkaji sendiri sebagai instrumen dengan membina‘rapoot’ bersama penggiat seni ini ketika berada di lapangan kajian. Proses penghasilan patung wayangkulit yang berlaku sangat penting dalam analisis kepada dapatan kajian ini. Lima unsur penting telahdikenalpasti sebagai pencetus kepada inovasi ini. Penghasilan patung wayang kulit Kelantan berasaskankenaf tidak bermakna dapatan kajian ini telah menolak penggunaan kulit binatang secara total. Iamerupakan satu alternatif atau pilihan berbeza selain daripada menghasilkan patung wayang kulitberasaskan kulit binatang. Pembaharuan ini dilihat berupaya mengekalkan populariti seni teater warisanbangsa ini agar kekal relevan dan tidak dipinggirkan oleh golongan muda. Research on this case study aimed at introducing a plant-based plant that has not been used previouslyto produce Kelantan puppets. Through its creative process, kenaf or its scientific name Hibiscus Cannabishas been used and subsequently processed from the amount of kenaf tree dust mixed with water tothe final method of producing Kelantan puppets. It is a wayang kulit puppet based on the first kenaftree in Malaysia. An instrument of observations and unstructured interviews were used in this researchaside from the researchers as an actor in building rapport with the art enthusiasts during fieldwork. Theprocess of producing wayang kulit puppet is very important in the analysis of the findings of this study.Five important elements have been identified which triggered this innovation process. The productionof Kelantan puppets based on kenaf provides an alternative to the making Wayang Kulit puppet. Thesereforms help to maintain the popularity of the heritage of art theatre to remain relevant and not marginalizedby the young

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